Look, this is not to say I'm not delighted we're moving back to the Lane or to deny that Wembley is somewhat soulless enormodome where atmosphere goes to die. There have also been a couple of times where you find yourself stuck outside waiting to get in to Wembley Park post match which has been frankly horrible too. However, all that said I think it is only fair to accentuate a few positives from our season there.
I live on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line, I will never be able to boast about taking 45 minutes to get to the stadium from my own front door, in terms of logistics Wembley is much like pornhub, cheap and easily accessible. For most fans it's a lot more inconvenient but I'm alright and that's all that matters, I never claimed to be a team player.
It's a first season for me as a season ticket holder, so after years of being on a waiting list it's given me the full on experience of watching Spurs, so I'm going to give it some props for that but beyond my own selfish reasons, more Spurs fans have been able to get general admission than ever before and you can bet the new Lane will not have any £10 ticket games any time soon. It's not a massive plus but the level of ticket availability next season is maybe something that we'll miss, even if the venue will be a major improvement.
On that 'big ground' argument, I think while there have been some quiet games (let's be fair, there were quiet ones at the Lane too) the atmosphere in the big games was electric, the Manchester United league game, the Real Madrid game and Juventus had moments where the place felt like it was rocking. Also, how many North London derbies will you get to see with 80,000 other Spurs fans, while we beat them? That might have been a once in a lifetime moment (not the winning, that's normal nowadays, the numbers is my point).
To match the last season at the Lane we'd have to go unbeaten and perhaps that might be hard for us to match again, we lost just 2 games and had the 5th best home record in the league, which considering hoodoos and the size of the pitch shows we did nearly make ourselves reasonably at home (a little off topic but our away record this season was second only to Man City).
Whilst it's fair to argue that Wembley has the charisma of a McDonalds Happy Meal with a disappointing plastic wind up Hamburgler, my memories of Wembley will not be all hatred and despair. We came there, did a good job and produced moments that I will remember fondly, it also gives me faith that we can transition to our new home and if we do that as well as we have with Wembley I'd be pretty content with that.
So Wembley, in closing, au revoir but not fuck off...
I live on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line, I will never be able to boast about taking 45 minutes to get to the stadium from my own front door, in terms of logistics Wembley is much like pornhub, cheap and easily accessible. For most fans it's a lot more inconvenient but I'm alright and that's all that matters, I never claimed to be a team player.
It's a first season for me as a season ticket holder, so after years of being on a waiting list it's given me the full on experience of watching Spurs, so I'm going to give it some props for that but beyond my own selfish reasons, more Spurs fans have been able to get general admission than ever before and you can bet the new Lane will not have any £10 ticket games any time soon. It's not a massive plus but the level of ticket availability next season is maybe something that we'll miss, even if the venue will be a major improvement.
On that 'big ground' argument, I think while there have been some quiet games (let's be fair, there were quiet ones at the Lane too) the atmosphere in the big games was electric, the Manchester United league game, the Real Madrid game and Juventus had moments where the place felt like it was rocking. Also, how many North London derbies will you get to see with 80,000 other Spurs fans, while we beat them? That might have been a once in a lifetime moment (not the winning, that's normal nowadays, the numbers is my point).
To match the last season at the Lane we'd have to go unbeaten and perhaps that might be hard for us to match again, we lost just 2 games and had the 5th best home record in the league, which considering hoodoos and the size of the pitch shows we did nearly make ourselves reasonably at home (a little off topic but our away record this season was second only to Man City).
Whilst it's fair to argue that Wembley has the charisma of a McDonalds Happy Meal with a disappointing plastic wind up Hamburgler, my memories of Wembley will not be all hatred and despair. We came there, did a good job and produced moments that I will remember fondly, it also gives me faith that we can transition to our new home and if we do that as well as we have with Wembley I'd be pretty content with that.
So Wembley, in closing, au revoir but not fuck off...
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